tvOS 17 has VPN support. How to use Tailscale to VPN to a Vulture server and watch geo restricted streaming services directly on your Apple TV

tvOS adding VPN support is a big deal for those of us that want as hassle free connection to geo restricted streaming services. You can't use BBC iPlayer from outside the UK for example and they also block a lot of IP ranges, such as that of Digital Ocean. In this guide, I recommend Linode for a basic Linux server on their shared CPU hosts, as their data centres don't seem to have their had their IPs blocked by the streaming services I use yet, at least at the time of writing. The cost of one…

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Turning off File Vault via macOS Recovery Console

Turning off File Vault via macOS Recovery Console

If you have having trouble with File Vault on a drive and you need to turn if off from the Internet Recovery Console, here are the steps to do it... * 1.Start up for Mac in Recovery Mode, like this on Intel Macs and this for Apple Silicone * 2.Click Utilities > Terminal from the menu bar at the top. * 3.Enter... diskutil apfs list * 4.Look for the volume with FileVault set to Yes that you want to decrypt, select…

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How to view UniFi Protect access logs on UniFi Dream Machine Pro

How to view UniFi Protect access logs on UniFi Dream Machine Pro

To a view the user access logs on a Dream Machine Pro, simply connect to the device via SSH, then you can enter the command... sudo tail -n 100 /mnt/data_ext/unifi-os/unifi-protect/logs/clientnotify.log Change the number after the -n to select how many lines to search. If you want to view the logs in a more readable format and search for a specific user, simply add the text "| grep "USERS_NAME", like this... sudo tail -n 100 /mnt/data_ext/unifi-os/unifi-protect/logs/clientnotify.log | grep…

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Windows Server 2022 Change Time Zone Greyed Out

Have you just installed Windows Server 2022 Desktop Experience edition, and found it's configured to US time and can't change it? Open an elevated command prompt (Start Menu > type 'cmd' > right click > 'Run as Administrator') Enter 'timedate.cpl' to open the old Time & Date applet... And change the settings to whatever is appropriate...…

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How to watch iPlayer, NowTV, etc. using a UK 4G SIM, an Ubiquiti UniFi DreamMachine and Ubiquiti UniFi LTE

How to watch iPlayer, NowTV, etc. using a UK 4G SIM, an Ubiquiti UniFi DreamMachine and Ubiquiti UniFi LTE

If you have an unlimited 4g SIM from a UK network provider, you'll be able to watch NowTV, iPlayer, etc. directly from your mobile data. This is because you're tunneled back to the UK, and your traffic comes out of a UK IP address. If you have an Ubiquiti UniFi DreamMachine or DreamMachine Pro and a UniFi LTE device for 4G backup, you can create a traffic rule to use the UniFi LTE device for the iPlayer traffic, so it seemlessly works over your normal WiFi without the need for a VPN. To do thi…

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